ALCMANIC VERSE


Meaning of ALCMANIC VERSE in English

/alk man"ik/ , Pros.

a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.

[ Alkmanikós equiv. to Alkmán Alcman, a Greek lyric poet (late 7th cent. B.C.) + -ikos -IC ]

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